Page 4 - Priorities #11 1999-October Annual Report

On the Campus
Library and Technology Center
Peter Reinhardt, Librarian, and Susan Falaschi, Assistant Librarian and member of the English Department, with student Tony Schoch.
Parent volunteers under the leadership of Sharon Upjohn completed the conversion of our printed card catalog - more than 10,000 volumes — to on-line computer access. This project has an exciting history of more than a decade of computer crashes, defective back-ups and general misery which discouraged further interest until our brave parents had the courage to pick it up. The bouquets presented to Sharon at her “retirement luncheon” were well earned!
This year, we look forward to entering collections from the Monastery Library and Jackling Rare Book Room on-line. Judy Noice is heading that project. Parent volunteers also will be helping retrieve catalog and price information about our donated and rare books.
Over the past year, we have added several hundred new books for the Middle School Accelerated Reading Program, plus the books and videos that teachers requested. The librarians also selected several additional books as part of our ongoing collection development process.
Susan Falaschi, Assistant Librarian, used a summer grant to create four large wall display areas and other special displays throughout the library. This space is available to the academic departments or clubs - not just the librarians.
Peter Reinhardt
Librarian
Office of Admissions
Admissions’ goal is to create a diverse student body of interesting individuals, all with potential to succeed in our rigorous academic program and join in our unique community life. The students admitted for Fall 1999 are an exceptionally strong academic group. They bring experience in fields such as music and performing arts, technology and team athletics. They have varied interests, such as taking care of a horse, community service endeavors, service to their parish or church community, scouting, or outdoor pursuits.
Twenty percent of the student body receives financial aid from a fund of $635,000. Students, faculty and staff come from about 28 nations. About eighty percent of the students are from the mid-Peninsula (twenty percent from Portola Valley). Five international students live with local families.
Of the 41 boys in our residence halls, most are from California, five from the Bay Area. One boarder hails from Texas. The international
students are about half from Pacific Rim and half from European nations, plus two boys from the Middle East. The international students this year continue a trend of increasingly high English proficiency and they bring a cultural diversity unusual among Bay Area independent schools.
Woodside Priory enjoys full and stable enrollment drawn from an increasingly large and well-qualified applicant pool. Our challenge is to maintain the individual character and balanced community life that makes Woodside Priory a good place to be.
Al Zappelli
Director of Admissions & Financial Aid
Al Zappelli, Director of Admissions & Finacial Aid